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Parents who buy organic milk for their children, believing it to be healthier, are wasting their money, a new study by scientists at Glasgow University's veterinary school suggests. They claim to have shown that organic milk is no healthier than that produced by conventional farming methods but rather contains fewer essential vitamins. Levels of vitamins A and E, which help fight cancer and boost the immune system, were up to 15% lower in organic milk, which typically costs almost a third more.

Vatican sidelines gay priest

The Vatican has suspended a senior priest who confessed his homosexuality in a television interview after background shots of his office confounded efforts to hide his identity by disguising his face and voice. A Vatican spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi, said it "had to intervene decisively and severely".